A narration of one of the bloodiest episodes in Mexican history, Ten Tragic Days, that begin when general Victoriano Huerta has president Francisco I. Madero, vice-president José María Pino Suárez and senator Belisario Domínguez killed. The films recreates the executions in hands of other Huerta’s accomplices as well as other generals like Bernardo Reyes, Manuel Mondragón and Félix Díaz. Alternating with the murders there are details of Huerta’s daily life.